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de·sen·si·tize

also Brit  de*sen*si*tise  vt-tized  also Brit  -tised  -tiz*ing  also Brit  -tis*ing  1  :  to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent  2  :  to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli which formerly induced it  :  make emotionally insensitive <there is evidence that violence on television s children to actual violence -Stephanie Harrington>  de*sen*si*ti*za*tion also Brit  de*sen*si*ti*sa*tion  n 
 
 

 
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